Googlebook benchmarks split Intel and Snapdragon wins by workload

Reported Googlebook benchmark results dated October 7, 2026, show a workload-by-workload split: Snapdragon X Elite systems led multi-core Geekbench and the four-model 3DMark comparison, while Intel Core Ultra 5 325 systems led CrossMark productivity and responsiveness. The results cover five specific configurations, not every Googlebook or processor in either family. For launch context, our earlier Googlebook preorder and U.S. availability coverage tracked the announced U.S. schedule.

Five Googlebooks, two processor platforms

The tested Acer Googlebook 14, Asus Googlebook 14, and Lenovo Googlebook 15 used Intel Core Ultra 5 325. The Dell XPS Googlebook and HP Googlebook 14 used Snapdragon X Elite. Each test configuration had 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD.

That lineup provides a useful comparison of the named machines, but it is not a matched test of every Intel and Snapdragon processor. The practical answer to “Is Snapdragon better?” depends on which benchmark workload matters to you.

Geekbench results by core count

The Dell and HP Snapdragon systems posted the top two multi-core scores. They also scored higher than the Intel systems in the single-core results. Geekbench’s single-core test measures performance on one processor core; its multi-core test uses multiple cores.

For workloads that benefit from several cores running at once, the two Snapdragon configurations led this group. That result does not settle how a different application—or another system with either processor family—would perform.

CrossMark results depend on the workload

Intel systems led CrossMark’s productivity and responsiveness categories; the Snapdragon systems led creativity. The overall scores ranged from 3,208 to 3,647, but the aggregate is not a win in every subtest. CrossMark weights productivity and creativity more heavily than responsiveness, so the category scores help explain the split.

If office-style productivity and responsiveness are your priority, the Intel systems led these reported CrossMark categories. For the creativity subtest, the two Snapdragon models scored higher. The overall number alone hides that distinction.

3DMark Wild Life Extreme: four listed systems

The Dell and HP Snapdragon models scored higher than the Acer and Asus Intel models in the four-system 3DMark Wild Life Extreme comparison. The test reports both a score and average frames per second (FPS), a measure of how many frames are rendered each second.

This comparison covers those four models. It does not include a Lenovo result, so the table does not support a five-model 3DMark ranking.

Battery life: one run per model

The reported browser-test durations ranged from 6 hours 18 minutes for the Asus Googlebook 14 to 11 hours 52 minutes for the HP Googlebook 14. Each figure came from one run per laptop.

The test used 150-nit brightness and a 120 Hz refresh rate, with the default theme enabled and Bluetooth and location services turned off. A Chrome extension visited 30 live websites every 30 seconds until the battery ran out. The times are results from that single-run procedure, not averages across repeated runs.